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raindog has brought up an interesting topic (especially for us owners of ancient military rifles).

Let me throw out a comment and see if there is any disagreement :

For a bolt action rifle the...

This is a 'philosophical type' question ......

Was it that their (potential) customers required it or what was the reason that the Mauser Company was so prolific in creating new cartridge calibers...

Over the 2012 Christmas holiday I had my first opportunity to test fire a 1891 ('Argentine') Mauser rifle which I'd acquired several months ago.

I would like to post my analysis of the rifle's...

Patrick;

Thanks much for the reply.

I took a closer look at the sling and saw that the leather (a nice chocolate brown) was marked 'RS402'.

When I did a Google-search for that I found this...

Cheaper Than Dirt ('CTD') sells Garand Enbloc clips that are made by Aggressive Engineering ('AEC') on the west coast.

There's nothing in the CTD advertising that says who makes the clips but...

TR&Z USA Trading Company (http://www.trzusa.com/), the U.S. importer of Prvi Partizen ammunition ('PPU'), told me last May (2011) that their .30-06 150 g FMJ load is M2 ball compliant - that it was...

A cousin passed away some time back and in his collection of rifle bits-and-pieces was a leather sling that I'd like to know about.

The sling is brown leather and it has the classic double...

I apologize for taking up the forum's time but I'm trying to learn something about an Enfield that was in a cousin's rather eclectic collection (he bought what caught-his-eye at gun shows).

My...

I could (easily) be wrong but suspect that slight variations in bullet muzzle velocity isn't as big a consideration (for the gas operated Garand) as is the pressure curve of the powder burn.

(in...

Although the PPU Web site in Serbia shows both military & commercial FMJ .30-06 listings the TR&Z USA Trading Company (the U.S.A. importers of PPU ammunition) only list a single FMJ .30-06 cartridge...

" .... I have not seen any PPU M2 Ball ammo ....

That is an interesting comment and may well cover the issue that I need to pursue - to understand what is happening when I load PPU (150g FMJ)...

Forgive me for being so obtuse but I don't see the relevance.

The issue (if we're both chasing the same thing) is that there ' is/may be ' a variance in the diameter of different manufacturers...

Chris;

It appears that the PPU .30-06 brass dimensions, around the base, are identical with .308 dimensions.

I confess that your comment caught me unawares so I looked at several references and...

I've seen no evidence of a variation between the 'AEC' Encloc clips that I have. (The ' American Eagle ' ammunition all loads into the clips just fine and the ' PPU ' ammunition needs to be reduced...

(This is my first post on this forum so hope that I don't mess up.)

Hello Dexter;

I may have some useful information for you within a week-or-two.

(background)

Although I purchased my...